Horseshoe.



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HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION yFILED NOY- l3 1916.

1,21 1,263, Y Patented Jan. 2,1917.

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ANTON ZAIDINA, OF CERESCO, NEBRASKA.

HOBSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented` Jan. v2, 1917.

Application led November 13, 1916. Serial No. 131,135.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON ZADINA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ceresco, in the county of Saunders and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in horseshoes, and it has for its primary object a practical, durable and eficient devicel of this character which may be easily secured upon. a horses hoof without the use of nails or similar fastening devices. y

A further object of the invention is an improved nailless horseshoe, theV parts of which are so constructed andarranged that the shoe may be very easily and quickly se-' cured in place and in ysuch a manner as to be not liable to become accidentally detached in service, the adjusting parts being protected so that they will not be liable to be clogged up lwith mud, snow or ice, s o that the shoe may be very easily detached whenever desired.

A still further object ofthe invention is a device of this type wherein the heel calks are so correlated with the other parts that they serve the double function of pivots for the socket members of the turn buckle device which is embodied in the shoe for the purpose of adjustment and fastening. And the invention also aims to generally improve devices of this class so as to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view, as will more'fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter more fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in.

which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horseshoe embodying the improvements of my invention, Fig. 2 is a. transverse sectional view through the heel portion of the shoe, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the joint between the two sections or -members of the shoe, Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the protecting sleeve em-Y ployed, Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the adjusting. elements, Fig. 7 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of the heel portion of one of the members of the shoe, and Fig. 8 is a detail view of a tool which may be employed in adjusting the device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in all of the views of the accompanying drawing, by like reference characters.

My improved nailless horseshoe comprises complemental members 1 and 2 that are hingedly connected together at the toe by means of the joint 3, said members being 'formed with undercut flanges l whereby they may be readily clamped around the horses hoof and thus avoid the necessity of using nailsfor that purpose.

Each of the members land 2 is formed at the heel portion or end with an opening 5 cesses 6 being designed to receiveand accommodate substantially circular ears 7 that are formed with threaded apertures V8 eX- tending therethrough. Thesev apertures are engaged by the threaded stems 9 of heel calks 10, said stems also screwing in threads 11 with which the walls of the openings 5 are formed. f

The ears 7 form preferably integral parts of internally threadedsocket members 12, whereby the heel calks 10 serve 'the function of pivotally connecting saidsocket members to the shoe, thei-nternal threads ofthe socketY members l'being engaged by the oppositely disposed threaded ends of a turn buckle adjusting member 13, and thehead 14 o-f said adjusting member is formed with openings to receive a tool whereby said member may be easily turned. `Preferably a protecting sleeve 15 is mounted upon and covers the adjusting member 13 and the adj oining' end portions of the socket members 12, said sleeve being formed with any desired number of openings 16 designedjto register with the openings of the head 14: for the receptionof the turning tool, and the sleeve being capable of movement upon the turn buckle whereby the openings 16 may be readily brought into registry with the openings in the head or moved out of registry therewith, whereby the openings in the head will be prevented from being clogged up by mud, ice or theV like.

l preferably provide a tool 17 for tightening and loosening the shoe, said tool being provided with a wrench head 18 for screwing the calks on or off, and the shank of the tool being provided with a reduced end 19 adapted to be entered into the openings 16 and the openings of the head 14 to turn the adjusting member 13 as required.

lNhile the accompanying drawing illustrates what fbelieve to be the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto but that various changes may be made in the construction, arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed, is:

1. A horseshoe of the character described, comprising complemental members hingedly connected together at the toe of the shoe, socket members pivotally connected to the first named members at the heel ends thereof and formed with threaded sockets, an

adjusting member having right and left hand threads engageable with the threads of said socket members, and a sleeve mounted upon said adjusting member and extending over and upon the adjoining ends of the socket members.

2... A horseshoe of the character described, comprising complemental members hingedly connected together and formed with under cut flanges, internally threaded socket members pivotally connected to the first named members at the heel ends thereof, an adjusting member having right and left hand threads engageable with the threads of the socket members and having a head formed with an opening, and a sleeve loosely mounted upon said adjusting member and extending over the head and the socket members and formed with openings adapted to register with the opening in the head.

3. A horseshoe of the character described, comprising hingedly connected members formed at their heel ends with openings eX- tending therethrough and recesses concentric opies of this patent may be obtained for with said openings, socket members having apertured ears mounted in said recesses, heel calks extending through the apertures of said ears and into the openings and secured therein whereby the socket members are pivotally connected to the first named members, and an adjusting member adjustably connected to the socket members, as and for the purpose set forth.

1. A horseshoe of the character described 'comprising hingedly Connected members formed at their heel ends with threaded openings extending therethrough and with recesses concentric to said openings, internally threaded socket members having apertured ears mounted in said recesses and formed with screw threads, heel calks have ing screw-threaded stems engaging in the threads of the apertures and threads of said openings and pivotally connecting the socket members to the first named members, an adj usting member having right and left hand threads engageable with the threads of the socket members, and a sleeve mounted upon said adjusting member and said socket members, for the purpose specified.

5. A horseshoe of the character described, comprising hingedly connected members formed at their heel ends with threaded openings extending therethrough and with recesses concentric to said openings, internally threaded socket members having apertured ears mounted in said recesses and formed with screvv threads, heel calks hath ing screw-threadedV stems engaging in the threads of the apertures and threads of said openings and pivotally connecting the socket members to the first named -members, and an adjusting member having right and left hand threads engageable with the threads of the socket members.

ln testimony whereof I hereuntoaiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. ANTON ZADINA. Vitnesses':

FRED MosTRoM, EULAH F. WVINTER.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

